How To Make A Audiophile Hi-End Copper Speaker Cable.

[@davo5430]

Another great video! I'm looking forward to the Silver cladded speaker cable video. Thank you for taking the time to make your videos and for sharing your knowledge and experience!

[@andreigorin3967]

Finished a 3 meter pair today. A lot of TPFE tape had to be used 😀 And it takes a lot of effort to build the cables. But the result seems to be very good. Thank you Ian!

[@tony-hifi-music951]

I know 1 end of the earth is grounded to the amp,where is the other end of the earth go. Keep up the good work. Cheers

[@tweakerman]

Hello Tony, the braid sheild is only earthed at one end, thanks for commenting & watching👍

[@Dortch3]

A couple of things...this is by far the most detailed and labor intensive "how to" I have seen. There are some great considerations and take-aways, and I thank you for it. I would add that in my experience you need a bit more room at the ends to account for different amps and speakers.

[@tonynewman1694]

I can't wait for the 10mm silver cladded copper version. Very good video. Keep up the good work.

[@andreigorin3967]

Thank you for the video! Ordered all the ingredients, will start cooking soon 😁

[@andreigorin3967]

3 weeks later and one 3 meter cable is ready, finished it today 😁 I didn’t do the earthing part though. It really is a time consuming job I should tell you 😁 And a lot of PTFE tape is required (ordered 10 rolls initially but had to order another 20 rolls more, hope they will be sufficient for the second cable 😁).

[@audioupgrades]

Good work and quite inspirational. There are a lot of cables with intersting conductors that unfortunately use PVC sheathing. Your method opens up a lot of options.

[@fredzep01]

i don't think a lad like yourself would of enjoyed it in the land of the oil salesman, there loss. because of your good self i have done all my power cables next job phono cables thanks for the videos. a little tip for you, get a plug in mic an sit it on the desk that way you wont have sound issues.

[@jptinc55]

Another great video. Thanks for all the effort you put into making your videos

[@PigVirusNBC]

Nice job on the mummy there

[@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox]

Nice 1, Ian. Glad your fine after your jag, I still feel fine after mine. 😉 Stay safe. Jim 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ☺

[@deanbull7767]

Interesting earth with speaker cable. Good stuff.

[@JohnLeeuwis]

Hello from the Netherlands. What does de cotton piping cord do for this cable?

[@govolsfightvolsfight2908]

Absolutely nothing but help with static but that is done with the ground wire. Besides making it difficult to do or mabey making the brade look more rounded, hell I don't know man. This guy needs to be told he can buy this type of ofc speaker wire online for a relatively affordable price and you/he won't spend 4-6 hours making 1 yard of speaker wire. It does look pretty good and I'm sure it works well. Waste of time in my opinion.

[@joetink1354]

Going to be my next project … Is there any science behind the twisting, what it does and why the number of turns per inch etc ? thanks as ever

[@brainache555]

Thats a nice job! would love to have that in my system! Next time you can make an even smaller sample cable so you can use them as jumpers for speakers :)

[@thatsatune6309]

Love your work man.

[@HawkFest]

Very useful, thank you! One noob question about the ground plug... Although I prefer to craft myself as much as possible (the deciding factor being the limits of my skills and tools: if I'm able to keep at least on par with quality), I'm not really versed into Hi-Fi electronics: it's the first time I see a ground plug on speaker cables. Since many amp don't offer a ground plug, if not for a phono input, what's its use, is it generally better, and how do you plug it if there's no ground post for speakers (via crocodile clamps on the amp's enclosure?)?

[@tweakerman]

Hello, you can connect the ground spade to one of the screws on the case of your amplifier, there should be a few, thanks for commenting & watching 👍

[@SteveL-RSR]

Another great video. Cheers.

[@synaesthesia2010]

so i just saw on ebay you can get ptfe heat shrink, would that be a good substitute for using tape? i don't have the dexterity to do all that wrapping

[@tweakerman]

Hello, you can use the ptfe heat shrink, but it's not as good, thanks commenting & watching 👍

[@joesapereira5539]

HI, great video Ian. On the copper braid, you said we should probably go with silver tinned copper braid instead of just copper braid. Is there a difference in using one over the other? Thanks for the informative video. Looking forward to others.

[@dapperbrick7516]

Look into the skin effect, that may help answer your question. Here's a starting point for you : en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect.

[@ronaldmcburnie4859]

Many thanks for this video. Keep up the great work. Although I am not very experienced at soldering I am looking forward to making this cable. I am wondering if this cable will help to stop a light hum currently coming through the speakers. I am using a rega P3 turntable with ortofon black cart to a rega alex- r amp ?

[@Broadmaynewood]

Another nice job ...

[@vaporghost5230]

So you have made a capacitive speaker cable ? The center conductors teflon and copper shield = coax ? That has capacitance inductance resistance ? Wonder what the actuall impedance of the cables is terminated at 4 and 8ohms ? Were you having interfearance problems with your speaker wires ? When using small diameter solder for larger jobs take as many lengths as needed twisted, allows you to get flow and get out quickly..

[@Bikes-guitars]

Good job, it always amazes me, you have put lots of time and work into making a video that requires skills and gets 267 likes in 2 years, then some bird goes on you tube and flicks her hair around and gets 2 million likes in 2 days

[@makistsobanou9451]

In my integrated implifier the ground of phono input is free. Can I connect the ground of your speaker cable in my phono ground, or do I have to connect it to a screw in the amplifier housing? Thanks !

[@tweakerman]

Hello, yes that will be fine to use, thanks for commenting & watching👍

[@iowaudioreviews]

I'd like to see how this cable measures compaired to a good old 12awg ofc. A lot of work for measurable differences that aren't audible.

[@tweakerman]

Hello, so first of all, I don't measure cables, I make loads of them & listen to them, I have boxes full of cable that don't make the grade. By replacing the pvc insulation for Teflon, it immediately opens the sound up, the sound stage improves, also timing improves aswell as detail. By adding the copper braid it lowers the noise floor, I hope this is helpful, thanks for commenting & watching.

[@iowaudioreviews]

@@tweakerman I've heard all those subjective adjitives over and over. Its all anacdotal but 99% of pretentious audio products are. I've seen several high end cables measured by qualified engineers with proper equipment. They've all failed to create any audible difference. The slight measurable differences "audiophile" cables make aren't really audible. I've also had a hand full of these cables and they've never made any decernable difference that could pass a blind test. Telling people what the cable is going to do and sould like completely contaminates any credibility because it creates bias and placebo effect. Just cause you think you can hear it with your ears doesn't mean anything especially if you beleive your own hype. Human hearing and its relationship with the brain is easily manipulated and tricked its not reliable. Measurements, science, and math is. The days of subjective audio are shrinking and an era of technology and objective audio is taking over.

[@tweakerman]

@@iowaudioreviews buying expensive audiophile cable is utterly ridiculous, your right on that one, cables overall can make a step up in sound quality, especially, 10% Silver cladded copper & pure Silver, but they don't have to cost losts of money to create when you make them yourself, that's why I set this channel up. I used to run an audio accessories business where I made cables and sold other companies cables, I know the amount of profits that are made in cables and it's ridiculous. All my design are as good as any ridiculously priced cables & you can make them for peanuts. I always get the bell wire brigade on my channel dissing what I'm doing, but actually I'm saving people loads of money by creating very hi-end cables for peanuts, I have 30 years experience of making high-end cables. Thanks again for commenting👍

[@alanwatson9293]

He is living in the 70s , you get the same signal from the original cable he stripped off or even better.

[@mikeeygauthier2959]

Brilliant! Only one concern is that fingerprint oil can destroy a brake rotor or a clutch disc, would suggest more care when twisting the bare copper wire! Personally, I think crimping would be better alternative to soldering.

[@イエンスヨハンセン]

LYW as always. Do you own shares in kingfisher? You should do, the amount of PTFE you use...

[@angelguzmanmondragon2270]

cool! and here we have a 1500 dls cable hifi, thak you, save lifes audiophiles

[@ivop1968]

Well, the directional speaker cable? Anything new in the world of physics? The electrons are allowed to travel the only direction? ;-)

[@tweakerman]

Its may be a burn-in process, thanks for commenting & watching.

[@nickloss2377]

@@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox it's physics. anybody that promotes the directionality of electricity in a speaker cable (ie by making a video espousing this) needs to justify this outlandish assertion. Van Damme cables, the purveyors of this snake oil should be questioned by anyone that purchases their product. In other words, Ian would already know this answer because as an educated customer he would have asked them, otherwise he'd be doing his subscribers a disservice by promoting this without any backing info. I mean if you're going to make a statement on a product to your supporters, at the bare minimum, you should at least be able to answer a question about the product. "take it up with Van Damme"...pfft. really? Not my job, or the job of any of the viewers of this video. that's the responsibility of the video creator.

[@jimsregaturntableshifijukebox]

@@nickloss2377 "pfft really"🙊🙉🙈 and god sayeth ..." come down from thy high horse, young man "

[@ericschulze5641]

You are aware gold doesn't oxidize i use spades & lugs on my speakers no banana plugs/ i make my own, so I learned something from you, I wasn't aware gold plated spades were readily available, I'm ordering some soon, thanks

[@Michael.C.Duisburg]

I also dealt with the topic and found a cable where any self-construction is no longer worthwhile. they mean podcast. The fabric tube is just for looks, nothing more.

[@russelbond7967]

Which do you think are better, these cables or the 6mm silver cladded copper ones from 2 years ago?

[@tweakerman]

Hello Russel, the 6mm 10% Silver cladded copper is a better cable, but some people say silver sounds over bright, it depends on your system.But silver is the best conductor of electricity known to man. I've got a 10mm 10% Silver cladded copper Vari-Strand speaker cable video coming up soon, its going to be one of the best speaker cables on the planet, stay tuned, thanks for commenting & watching.

[@russelbond7967]

@@tweakerman sweet, will keep an eye out as looking to make up some new cables too match up with my new speakers. 👌

[@audioupgrades]

@@tweakerman Which speaker cable are you using in your system now?

[@tweakerman]

@@audioupgrades 6mm 10% silver cladded copper, but am about to replace it with the up & coming video, 10mm Varistrand 10% silver cladded copper.

[@audioupgrades]

@@tweakerman Cool, I'll follow that. It sounds like a good upgrade to the 4mm silver-plated conductors I'm using ATM.

[@angelguzmanmondragon2270]

And if the copper cover is connected to the negative, what would happen?

[@tweakerman]

Hello, the copper braid is a sheild layer, to help stop emi/rfi, it's not a signal wire, thanks for commenting & watching

[@synaesthesia2010]

Sorry, but how does this make what's already an exceptional cable sound any better that it already does? What's the science behind all this?

[@tweakerman]

The PVc insulation has a dielectric constant of 3.9, teflon installation has a dielectric constant of 2. If you don't understand what this means, it means with the teflon is touching the conductor less than the pvc does, so improving the sound, pvc insulation is the poorest of insulators, they use it because its cheap, thanks for commenting & watching 👍

[@gunslinger1160]

Parts and sources please

[@Leontheagent]

Dats a dusty Dyson!

[@gracestewart370]

Where did you get your "snake oil" salesman degree?

[@megaeverything101]

Ha ha ha

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Too hard and complicated. I will just go to the hardware store .

[@jpedrick1571]

Total BS! Blocking this channel!

[@petestevens6361]

Higher quality materials will also rarely make a big difference-you could even use a coathanger as a speaker wire in a pinch. Using gold and palladium for their high conductivity ratings sounds nice, but you’re not getting double the cable quality for double the price: you’re just paying extra money for a luxury of debatable merit. So when someone tries to sell you ridiculously priced cables, be sure to laugh in their face. Your money would be much better spent on more useful things Really, the biggest thing you should worry about is whether or not your cables are properly shielded. However, that’s another problem that’s extremely rare nowadays, and unless you’re buying some no-name penny-cable from a bin somewhere, you won’t need to worry about it. If you are having interference issues, you can try moving your cables away from common sources of electromagnetic (EM) interference, such as your computer, router, etc. If that doesn’t work, then it’s time to consider better cables.

[@tweakerman]

Materials make a big difference, especially Silver, some people are not that tuned in, to notice the difference, but they're all you're audioble differences, some more than others, my designs are outstanding & most importantly they cost peanut to make, I'd be very surprised if you couldn't tell the difference, between cheap cables & my cables. All the people that have made my design, are over the moon with them, I would go as far as say, they are the best you can get, thanks for commenting & watching👍